Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ AB Type ❯ Mia ( Chapter 4 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Disclaimer: I don't own NARUTO series or any of its characters. They are property of Masashi Kishimoto
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"I hate it"

"Sakura chan, you look cool!"

"Thanks Naruto, but I simply hate it"

Haruno Sakura was standing in front of her mirror, with the saddest expression Naruto had ever seen on her face.

"It's so...depressing"

"I think it's sexy"

"Naruto! Don’t take it there!"

"Sorry...well, you can just think that it will be over soon"

"Not so soon", Sakura was at the verge of crying. It wasn't just that she had painted her hair of black, it was the reason why she had to do it that worried her.

"Are you alright?"

"Yes...would you walk me to the gates?"

"Yeah! Sure", Naruto took her bags and the two of them walked out of her apartment. She took a quick glance at it for she felt it would be the last time.

A searing pain, a pressure took possession of her chest, and she could do nothing but close her eyes and fill her mind with reasons over reasons of why to do this. Of course only one kept repeating itself, in spite of her efforts to keep it away.

'Sasuke'

Always is your fault, every little thing that goes wrong in my life is because of you.

"Do you know why you have to do this?"

"To get information"

"Exactly, everything you can find out about them, even what they eat"

"I will"

"Do you know who is among them, do you?"

"Yes"

"Ok, you will leave the next week"

"Should I keep it a secret?"

"It's classified"

"Naruto... can I tell him at least?"

"It wouldn't be prudent, but I trust that kid to shut his mouth, so if you really need to tell him, then do it, but none else"

"Ok...thank you Tsunade shishou...Bye then"

"Farewell...Sakura"

The gates seemed so much bigger than she remembered them to be, they seemed menacing, like warning her not to cross them. The knot in her stomach tightened painfully

"Well, I guess this is how far you can walk me"

"But, don't worry, I'll be thinking about you everyday so it'll be like I'm accompany you" His trademark smile flashed through the darkening sky directed to her again, just that this time it didn't make her laugh, or gave her confidence, it didn't give her a reassuring feeling.

It made her cry.

"Sakura chan! Don’t cry! Listen, you are a great Kunoichi, the best I know after that old hag Tsunade, so you will do this mission without a problem, and you will comeback safe and alive, with tons and tons of information...see? You are more that capable!"

"I think I can do it...but..."

But what?, she knew herself as a great ninja. So what if she had to do this mission?

"There are some risks, and you should know it"

"Which are they?"

"Listen, Sakura, your blood is unique, and as such is a double keen blade"

"Cut to the point, please"

"Ok, above all the risks you already know, there is a chance of developing some...problems with your unnatural blood limit..."

"But nothing, now go and kick some asses! I'll be waiting here for you, so go and do your best!" Naruto grabbed her softly by the shoulders and leaded her to the gates. His mind fighting to keep a smile, while his heart wanted to vanish it.

Then she turned around and for the first time, she hugged him, so hard it was difficult for him to breathe, so lovingly it made his heart plunge out of his chest, so tenderly it made him cry too.

He should be happy, he should be jumping of joy because the girl of his dreams was making such intimate contact with him. But instead of happiness there was anguish, instead of joy there was pain.

"Sakura chan..." He was speechless, he could only embrace her in return.

It felt like a thousand years for them, but still, it wasn't enough. She would be going in a terribly dangerous mission now and was leaving behind all her friends and world.

Without even accomplishing her first ambition.

Without looking at him, she quickly released him and jumped to a nearby tree, to start her journey, her damned mission.

Naruto stood there, looking at her lost figure, unable to control the great flow of tears running down his cheek.

'You will comeback, Sakura chan...'

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She dragged herself through the corridors until she found her room's door. She opened it with a kick and entered. She quickly moved towards the bathroom and turned on the hot water. Her dirty, ragged clothes fell to the tile floor and she threw herself unceremoniously into the bathtub. The cuts and wounds burned like hell, but she needed the hot water for the healing process to be easier.

'First, the ribs', three broken ribs to be exact. Slowly she put them back in place and reconstructed the flesh around them.

'Now the arm and leg', she bit her lower lip as to endure the pain that her limbs were giving her.

She ended the healing with her wrenched fingers. A long sigh left her mouth when she felt a great improve in her condition.

'Only five left', she though when the images of her recent fight flooded into her tired mind. Five left of the list of twenty men she had to kill. Tsunade herself had given her that list. It consisted on a group of missing nins from different countries, that she had had the displeasure of killing. One corrupt feudal lord -killed-, five businessmen that had had something to do with a money fraud in the Wind country -one already killed-, and her final target, the one she would have the pleasure of killing.

Orochimaru.

She had already decided that she would kill him lastly. Just to enjoy it to its fully extents.

Sakura had discovered with this mission her sadistic, bloodthirsty side. Not too bad for someone who wanted to enter the circle of a very dangerous organization that was full of sadistic, bloodthirsty maniacs.

But she couldn't help the nausea that brought her the scent of blood that was left in her hands after she killed an enemy.

Sakura could not do it. Mia could.

She also discovered that playing Mia's character was easier if she let inner Sakura to see the sun light. She was accomplishing her mission very well. Mia was becoming a very known killer, wanted by three countries because of the information she possessed about the missing nins she had already killed. Even some ANBU squads from Konoha were after her. Funny, because they would pretend they didn't find her if their meeting had place. It was her mission after all.

Good, her skin tone was healthier, though the skin where her bone had popped out promised to leave an ugly big scar.

Her eyelids felt heavy and the soothing water lured her deep into Morpheus kingdom.

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"Orochimaru", she said with venom at the bleeding figure that was lying under her foot. His lifeless eyes complimented the horror expression of his face.

She had used it.

Sakura didn't know she could, but it had been quite easy. She just had to think of something that angered her.

She thought of Sasuke.

And Orochimaru couldn't resist.

She was starting to feel the consequences of using that technique. She remembered when they had been on this mission in the Water country, long time ago. Kakashi used it and fell unconscious afterwards. She couldn't afford falling unconscious now. But the throbbing headache and the big amount of tears that were forming in her eyes told her that it might happen, so she hurried.

She needed this event to be known, so she carried his corpse to the sound village, and placed him in front of the government building that, ironically, had been his. A couple saw her doing it, and that was enough. By the morning the entire country of Sound would know about it. They would know that it had been the Snake. She moved like one so she didn't mind the nickname.

It had been a long mission. One year and a half, and still, she didn’t have the desired fame. But with Orochimaru's murder she would obtain it. It was a matter of days before the Akatsuki find out.

Her dyed black hair moved sensually under the moonlight. It was time to leave. The first part of her mission had been accomplished, and now, she needed to rest.

Her chest hurt, and it wasn't because of the wound that had almost pierced her heart...it was a different kind of pain. It was deep, it touched something that any weapon could, and she couldn't heal it. Her past had created it. And Sasuke...

And his damned Sharingan.

She was useful for this mission because of it, anyways. But she never asked for it. That day, when Tsunade had told her about this option, she never guessed it could feel this wrong.

It was her curse. The man she once loved lived inside of her, and this was a constant reminding of that fact.

'Run...Sakura', run away from this world and avoid any memory that binds you to him, and his being.

She kept repeating to herself that the tears that filled her eyes, were because of the doujutsu she had just used.

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One night in a bar, located in a very hidden village, was Sakura, trying to figure out how and where to find them. All she had heard until now was that they traveled in pairs, and that none had ever seen their leader, except for them. This was absurd because that was something she had been informed when she had been told about this mission, so she was in zero now, without a clue to begin with.

"Hey beauty, what are you doing in such a nasty place?"

'Damn, just what I needed, one drunk male'

"Just waiting for someone", she replied politely.

"You could get hurt...want to wait somewhere else with some company?" The man was looking at her with shimmering perverted eyes, those that made her want to take the skin out of his face.

Damn pervert.

"No thanks I'm ok like this"

He seemed a little disturbed, so he left, walking with difficulty. She was glad.

Absent-mindedly she played with her hair, now black, and observed the place. It was quiet and nice, good environment, good music. It wasn't too big, but instead it was warm, like a place to cuddle.

She was seating in a corner, in a table for two, drinking a dry martini. Next to her was a couple of lovers. At the center she could see a big cloud of cigarette smoke hiding a group of friends in a big table. In the bar was a blonde and a tall, very tall man. She couldn't see clearly their faces, but she immediately recognized their attire.

'Perfect'

Sakura glanced at them from time to time, just to watch over them, enjoying her drink and thinking of a plan to meet them ‘casually’.

The taller man left for what she supposed to be a bathroom break, so she stood up taking advantage of the moment. She sat next to the blonde without looking at him, instead, she tried to flirt with the barman, just to make sure her plan worked perfectly and left no tracks to follow. She assumed a bored expression.

The blond man noticed her and turned around in her direction. Sakura glanced at him and stopped her sight on him. She had to suppress the gasp that attempted to leave her throat.

He was handsome.

She felt a light blush creep up to her cheeks.

'Damn, Sakura, you have more control than this'

"Hey girl" He said with a more than obvious seductive tone of voice.

"Hey" she replied nervous.

"You look bored, are you waiting for someone?" He smirked at her.

"Oh...no, no... I'm alone. I just came here to have some drinks and some fun", she said putting in march her plan.

"By your face I'd say that you only achieved the first one...yeah"

"Yeah, it's nice here, but really, right now it would be impossible for me have some fun, so maybe drinks do the trick"

Maybe you could do the trick.

"Maybe a good dance could lift your mood"

"Perhaps"

"Ok, now that I know your story it wouldn't be polite to let you stay bored, don't you think?" He said while leaning closer to Sakura.

"Yeah...I think so", she said insinuating in between a widening smirk.

"I know a place near here. The dance floor is great, and so are the drinks...yeah"

"So...what are we waiting for?" Sakura smiled at him and stood up. She was entertained by his way of speaking, plus, he didn't seem the raping kind of guy.

In that moment his partner returned, and the blonde made some signals to him, something to indicate where to meet after, but she couldn't catch it, so she pretended she didn't notice.

They walked along the street, the night breeze refreshing her and giving her back the oxygen that was taken away from her at the bar.

It was a starless night sky above them, and only the streetlights illuminated the lack of a crowd, always present under the sun.

'Bah...fools, the night is so much better"

"By the way, what's your name?, I'm sorry I forget to ask you before. I'm Deidara...yeah" His deep voice interrupting her train of thoughts.

"I'm s..."

'Be convincing!'

"Mia...Gennosuke Mia"

"Mia...", he said like tasting her name "...nice, yeah"

She looked at him with big eyes and couldn't contain the laughter that exploited like a pent-up feeling.

'He reminds me of Naruto', she thought vaguely.

"Oh, there is it, the place that I told you about", he said and pointed with a finger the building that was in front of them.

The guards looked suspiciously at them, but she concluded that it was because of Deidara and his known attire.

She suddenly felt a warm hand grab her wrist and before she would react as Sakura would, she had to remember who she was now.

So she squealed.

He was dragging her to the dance floor. In no time, they were dancing slowly, following the rhythm of the music.

It was a song she used to listen when their three-men team had been just formed. It was very nostalgic.

The multi-colored lights were moving all around the place, creating a surreal image that Sakura could not run away from. The steps were slow and she was loosing her mind with his masculine scent. The people seemed more and more distant until they were alone. She was alone, dancing with an Akatsuki, who happened to her target.

Wake up Sakura.

She did it anyways, thanks to a man that brushed her ass. She, too drunk in the moment to think clearly, turned around and in two seconds the man was flying away from them, with his nose broken.

When Deidara's chuckle reached her ears, she realized what she had just done.

'Crap'

But his smirk was telling her that her plan was still working, and that she just precipitated a little some actions.

"Wow, that was cool, where did you learn that, yeah?" Deidara looked at her with an anxious face.

"Well...I think you can suppose that by now..." she said amused.

"Kunoichi...I think I know you...", he said and observed her meticulously.

"It's very possible..."

"That depends...have you killed some legendary sannin recently?" he said, half-joking, half-asking.

"Strike..."

"So...you are..." He fell silent and thought about something. "I need to take you with me, I'm sorry...yeah". He hit her neck with a sound speed move, and Sakura fell unconscious to his arms.

'Mission accomplished...', were her last thoughts.

"Leader will be happy to meet you...yeah!" He said and carried her to a small alley, where he would meet Kisame.

"Who's she?" He asked with a raspy voice.

"The Snake...yeah", Deidara said triumphantly.

"That little...thing?, no...you were fooled by a little bitch", Kisame said mockingly.

"I didn't! you did not see her, so you don't know! yeah!", Deidara was loosing his temper. Kisame only laughed.

"Are you going to take her to the leader?"

"Of course!"

"I bet this will be the only time in which we will see him laugh...hysterically" he said and busted into a loud laughter.

"I will SO kill you...sharky!" Deidara countered.

"What??!!...you...mouthed hand freak!" And so they continued through the night, without knowing what they were about to start.