ReTurn

Chapter 7

She had a hard time remembering the names of who came after them, but she knew that they were from the Hidden Mist and that they were chunnin.

Sasuke called her again, curious and, unknowingly to him, worried, as Naruto and Tazuna argued. "Sakura...Sakura... Sakura."

Sakura snapped her head back to Sasuke and hissed,"What?"

Sasuke frowned as he stared at Sakura for a moment. "What are you doing?"

"...Nothing." Damn!

Sasuke scowled. "You hesitated. What were you doing?"

"Yeah, I'd like to know as well," Kakashi spoke up.

Kakashi noticed their chat and decided to join. He too, had noticed Sakura's oddly cautious behavior before and was curious, so he walked to them.

For a short moment, Sakura pondered whether she should trust them and tell Kakashi about the upcoming attack. Would it be best? Would he believe her? Would he think of her as a crazy or suspicious character? Can she even trust him? And her own teammates? Could she trust the future man that almost killed her and wanted to kill her master?

She decided no, she would not tell them anything.

She shook her head, doing her best to act casual. "I thought I heard an animal."

Sasuke didn't believe it for a second and opened his mouth to retort, but Kakashi cut in before him.

"Oh, okay. Whatever," Kakashi said, shrugging.

Sakura turned and walked over to Tazuna and Naruto, wanting an excuse to leave them by seeing if she could calm the two down.

Once she was out of earshot, Sasuke looked at Kakashi in confusion.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "Why'd you stop me?"

Kakashi's gaze followed after Sakura and he watched her interact with Naruto and Tazuna comfortably as he spoke to Sasuke.

"As teammates, you must trust each other," he said wisely. "But first, you must gain that trust in order to put it to action and to have faith in one another."

After he saw how Sakura smiled at Naruto and Tazuna after they had calmed down, he turned to look at Sasuke.

"I believe Sakura will tell us when she is ready. I have faith in her that she will."

Sasuke scoffed, "You're thinking too much. Whatever. I don't even care anymore." He turned started walking down the dirt path, away from the other four. Then they followed.

A little while later, they were getting farther away from Konoha and as they strolled calmly down the road, Sakura noticed at the corner of her eye a puddle, but she kept her gaze forward.

She remembered it hadn't rained in days and that was where the chunnin appeared the first time.

They walked past it as if they hadn't noticed, but Sakura knew Kakashi and Sasuke noticed it too.

They went another four feet, when they attacked.

Two Hidden Mist ninja jumped out from behind them from the puddle and latched their shurriken-like chain around Kakashi.

Kakashi's eyes widened and he gasped as if he was surprised, "What?"

"Now!" One exclaimed.

Once they landed on the ground, the chain tightened around Kakashi as it retreated into the metal casing attached to their arms.

Then the other four saw blood. To Sasuke, Naruto, and Tazuna, Naruto and Tazuna's eyes widened from shock as they saw chunks of bloody body parts flying, while Sasuke only tensed and narrowed his eyes at the enemy. But unlike them, Sakura knew what happened and her face stayed passive and not surprised. She tensed and got ready to attack.