An Uchiha At Heart || SasuSaku

6. Reaper

Sasuke and Sakura went back to Tazuna's place, where Sakura started working on healing the rogue Mist ninjas while her younger self stared at her, wide-eyed. Kakashi and young Sasuke looked at her curiously, and Naruto's heart eyes got bigger by the second.

She had considered kicking Naruto, but then she'd break the house along with his bones.

The older Uchiha walked into the room and called on his old trainer. "Kakashi, I need to talk to you," he said, sounding more like an order than a request. Some things never change, Kakashi thought, even in different dimensions.

The two Sharingan users entered into an empty room, and Kakashi closed the door behind them. "So, have you come up with a plan yet?" Kakashi asked. If this Sasuke was anything like the one in the other room, they'd sit there forever till Sasuke started the conversation himself.

"Yes."

"So what's the problem then?"

"The attacker from the other dimension. He feeds on souls and since it's hard for Shinobi to move quickly without exerting chakra, it just makes the process all the easier for him, not to mention it makes him faster," the raven-haired man explained.

"Okay, so you just have to be faster than him to beat him, correct?" Kakashi concluded.

"Precisely. And I can do that by teleporting with my Rinnegan. I also came to know the justsu that can stop him, however, it requires three people to perform it, and you're the only other person here capable of doing it." Basically, this was Sasuke's way of asking for help.

"Okay then. I'll tag along, but it has to be after Haku and Zabuza are taken away." Sasuke merely nodded, then got up to head to the other room once again. When he did, his younger self was eyeing him suspiciously, as if he knew something he shouldn't. The real matter though, was that he was trying to figure out if his family was alive in the other dimension, but that didn't seem to be the case.

Kakashi entered the room after Sasuke. "How's it going over there, Sakura?" It took the long-haired Sakura a moment to realize the question wasn't directed to her, while the older woman walked towards the two men.

"They're not going to be getting into any fights any time soon," Sakura reassured them. "I used a different justu to heal them, just enough that they don't die but not enough that they'll try to kill us again," she said with a lower voice. She looked to Sasuke. "I'm not sure what you did, but it's done quite a number on them." She wasn't sure if she was impressed or terrified, even though she's always been aware of Sasuke's abilities.

"Either way," Sasuke started, brushing off the last remark, "we still have a mission to complete. We need to get rid of those two so we can be on our way before the reaper kills more people."

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It took two days until the Hidden Mist rogues were arrested, especially with the fact that they tried to put up a fight, which wasn't completely unexpected. Zabuza after all, was one of the Seven Legendary Swordsmen, and Haku was his disciple.

After bidding Tazuna goodbye, Kakashi had ordered Team 7 to go back to Konoha with the others, but they wouldn't listen. Especially Naruto, always making a spectacle out of everything. "Kakashi-sensei! Take us with you! Or take me with you! I promise I can help! Please please please!"

"Naruto! Be quiet!" young Sakura yelled at him.

"But it's not fair, Sakura-chan! I didn't get to meet my older self! What am I like in the future or whatever?!" Naruto kept asking with overenthusiastic curiosity. "Why didn't I come along with you guys on this mission?"