Someone you loved

Chapter 29

"Stay quiet, Otouto," hissed the person behind Sasuke into his ear and the boy let out a breath of relief.

He knew that voice and it meant safety and protection. Nothing would ever be able to hurt him as long as his sister was by his side.

"Wolf is going to seal the entrance, the ANBU are currently distracted, we have a window of two minutes. You'll follow exactly what I say, when I say it. Fumiko is waiting outside, follow her home in case we're held back."

Chiasa's voice was harsh and cutting as she whispered her orders and picked up the unconscious blond. At a second look on the box in his hands, she grimaced before locking eyes with the Hatake behind their female Gennin. Kakashi shook his head, signing rapidly a ludicrous plan. Momentarily, Chiasa was sure the Jounin had gone mad but in this situation they couldn't be picky. It couldn't get worse if they were caught now any way. Why not go all out?

"Change of plans," she hissed, pushing Naruto onto Sasuke's back and the box into Sakura's hands. "Get out the way you planned to, follow Fumiko home and cook ramen. Make light in the house and appear as if you've been there the entire time. If ANBU come before us, say we're on a date. Nothing more, nothing less. Put Naruto on the couch as if he's sleeping. Understood?"

Terrified, the Gennin stared at the serious Uchiha, nodding mutely.

"Go now!" growled Kakashi and pushed them outside.

With the Gennin away, Chiasa turned to the other Jounin, whispering: "You're insane!"

Gritting his teeth, the Hatake replied tensely: "Do you have a better plan to hide the disappearance of Uzumaki Kushina's belongings? We'd be the first one to be suspected."

Defeated, her shoulders dropped, and she sighed even as she pulled out the explosion seals and ninja wire.

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"Done."

"Me too."

Just before they fled from the room, Kakashi grasped Chiasa's face gently, putting their foreheads together and breathing in deeply.

"It's going to be okay."

Pulling back, he was met by Chiasa smiling confidently at him.

"Of course. How could it go wrong with you here? As long as you're by my side I don't mind standing against the entire Elemental Nation."

Afterwards the Jounin were gone in the blink of an eye, racing towards their home, protected by the darkness of the night. The moment they touched Hatake land a small explosion sounded from the Hokage Tower and the alarm began to ring. Looking at each other, a hidden amazement on their eyes, they turned back to the Tower. Now their ability to act was needed. It was normal that all Jounin assembled in the case of an attack, so they had to go and pretend not to know anything. As long as no Nara got suspicious of them, they'd be fine.

*

Sasuke and Sakura waited anxiously for two hours until their senseis returned home, exhausted and covered in sweat. Immediately, Sasuke jumped at his sister. Ever since he had heard the alarm and seen the explosion, he had been out of his mind with worry. It didn't take a genius to guess that Chiasa and Kakashi had something to do with the explosion and when they hadn't come home, he had thought the worst.

"I should make you train with Gai for a month!" growled Kakashi as he patted Sakura's head comfortingly.

"Where's Naruto?" interrupted Chiasa, concerned about the child which had last been unconscious.