Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Let Me Love You ❯ Failed Missions ( Chapter 2 )

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Warning: violence, adult language

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He knew that she had changed ever since the end of the war. Many of their friends had died since then and he knew that Tsunade's death had impacted her greatly. He just hoped that he didn't lose his friend anymore then she had already withdrawn from him.

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- II -

Failed Missions

 

She was going to KILL Naruto when she got back! He had said this was going to be an easy mission, so easy in fact that she didn't need any partners with her. He said that all she had to do was go to a village a couple of miles out of the fire country to inquire about a gang who were spreading rumors about a new uprising against Konoha.

He said that she had to get there ask some questions and get out, “no big deal” as he had put it.

Well that “no big deal” turned into her ending up running for her life, almost out of chakra and silently thinking of the many ways she would kill her blond haired friend when she got back.

When she had left for the mission she had been confident that she would be in and out fast and she would be back in Konoha in no time. But she guessed Kami had something against her because the mission started to go wrong from the beginning. First of all the minute she took a step outside the Konoha main gate it had started to thunder signaling that she was running straight into a huge storm, which to say the least she was anything but happy about. She had continued traveling until she got to the village Naruto had told her the gang hung out most of the time. The minute she got there she knew something was wrong. She had forgone her ANBU uniform for simple peasant clothing as cover. She had covered her unique pink hair with a woolen shawl and had looked the perfect peasant girl.

She had snuck into one of the many bars in the village and had immediately felt like she was being watched. Her sharp jade eyes looked around the dark bar roaming over the sad looking occupants that were drowning away their lives in alcohol.

She immediately felt a small tingling feeling when she felt her personal bubble being breached. She resisted the urge to quickly jump out of the way and punch a hole through the person who dared get so close to her. She demurely turned slightly and gazed at the disgusting oaf of a man that had stumbled up to her. He possessively curled a fat, dirt infested arm around her waist and pulled her unwilling body up against his.

“Hey there pretty girl, what are you doing in a place like this? Looking for some fun?” the man asked his slimy voice washing over her, making her skin crawl.

“Please mister I meant no harm I just got lost is all? Please let me go… I-I promise not to come back,” She said purposely stumbling over her words.

The man laughed raucously and pressed her closer to his immense form. She managed to wiggle out of his grasp quickly sidestepping his attempts to snag her back to his body. She scurried out of the bar having more then enough of that man. She slipped into another bar which was much livelier and she knew that she had come to the right place, seeing a large amount of men at the end of the bar. She counted ten in total and from the looks of it they were much more then just a gang of men. She could feel the chakra signals coming from them, even though it was low.

For the next couple of hours she quietly made her way around the different bars asking about any rumors or trying to listen to any conversations that Konoha had been mentioned in. She finally found that she had wasted her time coming to the place because from the different stories she had picked up on, the `gang' was just a bunch of thugs who thought they were big and bad because they knew a couple of ninja moves. She walked a little ways out of the village and stepped into the shade of the forest. She quickly shed her outer clothing and donned her ANBU mask and white over cloak. She personally hated wearing this crap because she thought the cloak was just too cumbersome and heavy. She thought there was no point in wearing the cloak other then for better cover when on missions but the fact that she was a Captain meant she had to wear the white cloaks and she truly hated them.

She sighed and started to make her way back home, kind of glad that the rain had finally stopped. She had only walked a couple of yards before she felt that she was definitely not alone. She froze mid step and looked around her, her eyes scanning the road and the forest beyond. When she suddenly heard laughter she spun around to see the same group of men that had been at the second bar she went in, standing leering at her.

She sneered under her mask and secured the bag on her shoulders, getting ready for the fight she knew was coming.

“What an honor, a Konoha ANBU captain, now I wonder why you would be roaming around these parts,” a large man said.

She assumed he was the leader of the pack and she turned to face him. He was almost as disgusting as the man that had practically manhandled her. He towered over her and his enormous height was not the only big thing about the man. Her lip curled in disgust as she studied all of his lackeys who hovered behind him. They were all as big and gross as their leader.

“What do you want? I'm not here to deal with you, I'm just passing through,” she said coldly.

The men started to laugh and she realized that they had made the fatal mistake of becoming cocky once finding out that she was female.

“What our luck a female ANBU captain… you must think you're really strong huh?” the man took a step in her direction and she immediately started channeling her chakra to her hands and feet.

“Come here so I can take that mask off of you, why don't you show us your pretty little face Konoha slut!”

Sakura's pink brow began to tick and she felt a cold fury begin to build within her.

`Konoha slut? How original.'

She still held back not letting her temper get the better of her. She wanted to avoid fighting at all costs, because frankly she was outnumbered and she knew that she would get injured having to fight all of these men at once. But today was just not her day because at that precise moment they had moved to surround her at a surprising speed. She crouched down now weary.

`These are definitely not normal gang members… they are too fast to be normal men.'

She spun around just in time to dodge a punch that came flying at her head. Soon after that she was dodging a flurry of punches and kicks. A half hour later she had managed to kill half of the men but she was severely drained of chakra and if she continued she would just end up getting killed or worse captured. After throwing one last punch she spun around and disappeared in a flurry of Sakura blossoms.

She quickly ran through the forest not caring about the branches that snagged at her cloak. She had used Genjustu on them hopefully that would keep them there for enough time for her to get a safe distance away. But as she had mentioned earlier Kami was just a sick son of a bitch because not even five minutes later she felt the chakra signals of five men and they were getting closer.

“Fuck this is just not my freakin day!” she swore viciously under her breath.

She picked up the speed, her tired legs burning with the intense need to stop. She pushed past the pain and forced her legs to keep pumping, taking her further and further away from the loud men that pursued her. She ripped through a couple of branches and stopped short as she found herself before a very large and very full river. She gazed over the river to the other bank knowing she didn't have the strength to jump that distance. She glanced behind her when she heard a man's voice even closer.

`Kuso! They're getting closer.'

She decided that anything would be better then getting captured by that bunch; she knew exactly what they would do to her and she was determined to not get captured by them. She prayed that Kami would give her a break for once and she dived into the bone chilling water. She was instantly taken by the strong current down the river. It took all her might just to keep afloat enough to breath but when she looked ahead of her, she felt a small smirk grace her trembling lips.

She knew it; she fuckin knew that she was not that lucky. Ahead of her the raging water gave way to what she assumed to be a very large waterfall by the sounds of the crashing water far below. She tried to swim against the current to the opposite bank but she was just not strong enough and she was swept over the edge of the falls and down into the jagged rocks below.

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A familiar dark haired man walked slowly down the bank of the river. He could hear the loud crashing of the falls ahead of him and he decided he would rest for the night here. He slowly made his way further along the river but his obsidian eyes narrowed when he saw something ahead of him. He quietly made his way to the object and realized it was a body and not a log as he had first thought. He crouched next to the unmoving body, and rolled the person over. His blank eyes narrowed when he saw a mask covering the person's face, a very familiar type of mask. He took in the white cloak and the mask and realized just who or perhaps where this person was from.

`An ANBU from Konoha.'

His mind raced, knowing it was not a good idea to meddle in Konoha's affairs after all he was an S-Class criminal in their eyes. But he couldn't help but feel that he should stick around and at least see what was wrong with the person. He scanned the body again and found that there were many places where the cloak was ripped and slashed and blood was oozing out. He moved his hand to remove the mask from the person's face, suddenly curious as too who this person was. His hand was stopped when a slender hand flashed out and captured his wrist in a crushing hold. He winced inwardly, surprised that his wrist bones hadn't snapped at the immense pressure.

“Kuso!” He heard a very feminine voice say under the mask and his eyes snapped back to the masked face. The immense hold she had on him loosened and the hand fell limply to the ground.

He knew that the woman had slipped into unconsciousness and he moved his hand again to take the mask off. When he did his eyes immediately filled with surprise and for the first time in seven years his dark gaze fell onto the familiar face of Haruno Sakura.

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Authors note:

So how do you guys like the fic so far? Usually I have a hard time getting down Sasuke's character but don't worry I'll try my best to keep him in character. If you guys have any comments or suggestions please review! Thanks for reading and I'll be updating next week sometime. Ja Ne!

 

Next chapter: what will Sasuke do with the wounded and unconscious Sakura? Will he stick around long enough for her to recover? And what will be Sakura's reaction be to seeing Sasuke again?