The Monster Within Me

Chapter 11: Get Used To The Feeling Of Being Treasured

"Disssmisssed." Orochimaru said. Everyone bowed and turned to leave. "Becareful Sssakura-chan." He said. Sakura turned and grinned at him. "I'll be back in one piece jii-san!" She said, closing the door behind her.

Sakura sat on her bed with Koori and opened their mission scrolls. "Damn, snow country and Suna?" She asked herself, twitching in annoyance.

"Are you ready Koori?" She asked, smiling. Koori nodded and stood up, picking his back pack. A few minutes later, Sakura and Koori are running through the woods, their first target is Sunagakure.

Sakura gave Koori a white cloak and wore her old black cloak. They ran through the woods and soon came upon a dessert. They ran through the hot dessert as fast as they can.

Sakura and Koori both ran up the wall without the guards noticing them. "You know our target?" Sakura asked. Koori nodded as he jumped down. He ran through the village with Sakura close behind him and spotted their target in an alleyway.

The target turned around and smiled. "I've been waiting for you." The target said as thousands of kunai came they way. Sakura picked Koori up and jumped away.

Two strong looking ninjas appeared as Sakura landed on her feet. She put Koori down and looked at the enemy with emotionless eyes. "That kid and the lady is in the bingo books! They cost fortunes!" One ninja said. "Let's capture them!" The other said.

'Damn it, we can't punch the ground, it'll get Gaara's attention.' 'Cha! The kid is about to attack! Shanaro!' Sakura looked at where Koori and saw him running towards the ninjas, his hand turned into an ice blade. In a blink of an eye, the two ninjas dropped motionless without signs of being in a fight.

'How did he-?!' Sakura's thought was cut off when she heard another thump. She looked at the source and saw their target dead. She looked at Koori and saw dead blue eyes. "Who are you?" Sakura whispered in shock.

Koori looked at Sakura and said "I am the assassin in the bingo books that killed kages from across the nation." Sakura snapped out of her shocked state and walked towards Koori. Koori brought his guard up as Sakura walked closer. Sakura grinned and shuffled his hair. "I'll keep you safe Koori. Even if it kills me." Sakura said as she walked pass him and sealed the corpses.

Koori clenched his fists, almost making them bleed. "Why?" He murmered shadow covering his eyes. Sakura stopped what she was doing and turned to Koori with a confused face. "Why do you keep saying that? Why do yoy keep saying you'll keep a monster safe?" Koori whispered.

Sakura gave him a soft smile. "Everyone is a monster here in our world, Koori. Even me. That's why I'll try to keep the people close to me safe as much as possible, the people I can trust. You, jii-san, Kabuto, Juugo, Suigetsu, Sasuke, and even Karin. That's how much I treasure everyone. You just have to get used to the feeling of being treasured." She said, grinning at the now silently crying Koori.

"Now come on. We still have a lot of adventure to do." Sakura said, smiling as she pocketed the scroll of corpses. Koori smiled happily and nodded as they started running towards snow country.

To Be Continued...