[Naruto X OC]

[Chapter 2]

"Alright. Are you ready?" Kakashi asked.

"Dattebayo!" Naruto punched the air.

"First off, we have a certain someone who will be joining you." He pointed behind them.

The duo turned around to find Sasuke, who just shrugged and smirked.

"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura squealed, hearts in her green eyes.

"Secondly," Kakashi paused. Sakura suddenly snapped back into reality.

"Secondly, now that you're all here, let's get to the finer details. A few weeks ago, Sasuke ran into a group of rouge-nin, who are from the Hidden Sand, the Hidden Rock, and the Hidden Mist. Just yesterday, two of them have been caught by Sasuke and brought to us. After thorough interrogation, we discovered that they have held a girl hostage." Kakashi

"What makes it even harder is that this girl is of the Uchiha Clan apparently. Having an opponent with extreme visual prowess would prove difficult to defeat."

"So Sasuke isn't the last Uchiha then?" Sakura questioned.

"Technically yes. Her mother, an Uchiha, married another man, thus, she is not an Uchiha by name. However, the girl refuses to acknowledge her father due to family business which we do not know of, so she goes by her mother's name." Kakashi explained. "Now back to the task at hand."

"Spill it!" Naruto shouted.

"Your task is to apprehend the rouge-nin and bring the girl back discreetly. Alive. So I don't want no Susanoo or Kyuubi chakra everywhere." Kakashi deadpanned. "None at all."

"Aw man!" Poor Naruto pouted. "But that's no fun!"

"Sasuke will bring the rouge-nin back to their respective villages and come back to Konoha so meet him at the Uchiha compound. You are not to tell anyone that Sasuke has come back. Is that clear?"

"Is Sasuke staying?"

"Yes and no."

"What do you mean?!"

"Now, Sasuke will guide you there and complete the task. Well, get going!"

The trio trudged out of the Hokage's office, Naruto relentlessly pestering Sasuke.

I ship them, Kakashi thought smugly.

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"How far is it?" Naruto complained for the hundredth time, swinging on a tree branch.

"We need to find them first before we fight, usuratonkachi." Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"Teme! We're just circling the forest aimlessly!" Naruto shot back grumpily.

"That's the point! We don't know where they are!"

"What?!"

"They said they didn't have a permanent hideout! Weren't you listening to Kakashi-sensei?!"

"Yes I was!"

"Then why are you asking this?!"

"..."

"Would you two quit arguing?!" Sakura yelled. "We need to focus!"

"Ask Sasuke to shut up!"

"You started it!"

"..."

"Alright, both of you shut up!" Inner Sakura and Sakura yelled.

"Hmph!"

Suddenly, something whizzed past them.

"What was that?"

The 'thing' flew by again, rustling the leaves.

"Show yourself, you coward!"

It started to circle them at high speed.

"Show myself, you say, eh?" The voice came from all sides.

The circle grew smaller, and smaller, slowly edging them to the centre, till their backs were pressed together.

Instinctively, Sakura whipped out a kunai and threw it. With a loud sound the blade hit the 'thing' and blood spurted out.

"It's human!"

"BACKUP CALL! BACKUP CALL! I FUCKING REPEAT BACKUP CALL!" The thing screeched.

Hordes and hordes of people came rushing in, brandishing weapons of all sorts and yelling war cries. They charged at top speed towards them, bloodthirsty and manic.

"Well, that was unexpected." Naruto blinked. "But we saved the world before. So this should not be much of a problem for us!"

"Don't state the obvious, usuratonkachi." Sasuke snorted.

"Well then, with no more complaints, let's get to it, shall we?" Sakura smirked, punching her fists together.

•~×~•

"Now that is what I call easy." Naruto boasted.

The trio, with barely a scratch on themselves stood victorious against the rouge-nin, who were tied up with jute ropes. It seems that there was a new addition - backup - that was not known by anybody in the group, except the boss.

You must be wondering, what happened to him?

For your information, the boss was black and blue and unconscious. Turns out he was just some coward, willingly giving all the information in exchange for his life.

"Well then, I suppose I'll see you all back the meeting spot." Sasuke grabbed one of them. "In the meantime, I think both of you should get going. They mentioned that she's in a cart someone nearby, approximately 500 metres away from here."

"See you back there, Sasuke-kun!" Sakura waved. "Now let's get to it!"

"Dattebayo!"

•~×~•

True enough, there was an abandoned wooden cart with mouldy sides and zinc roofs. The door was locked securely with five locks, each rustier than the next. It stank of dried blood and rotting remains, giving it an eerie feeling. Wheels of wood were strewn few feet away, cracked and damaged badly.

As soon as Sakura picked open a lock, an angry hissing sound was heard and  the cart shook with the force of whatever unknown source was inside. Both of them took a step back warily.

"Eh, Sakura-chan, should we really open it?" Naruto poked his fingers together.

"Well, if you have any other genius ideas, pray tell me." Sakura snapped, ruthlessly working on picking the second lock. It gave way, and fell to the grassy floor with a thump. Followed by another, and another, and another.

"Let's just hope that it kills us?" Naruto shrugged.

"Naruto! What the hell are you saying?" Sakura gasped.

"You don't remember what Bushy Brows said?" Naruto squinted his eyes. "Bushy Brows said that if you want to wish for something, you wish for the opposite! I don't wanna die, so I wish to be killed!"

"...You make no sense." Sakura facepalmed.

Grasping the handles of the door, she gently opened it. The door emitted a slight creak as it revealed its contents.

Inside, had an appearance far worse than the one outside. Blood was splattered everywhere, with bones strewn across the mouldy wooden floor. Worst of all, they could see nothing.

"Wait. Where's the hostage?" Sakura asked, scanning the small area. "There's no one inside!"

Just then...

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