Bonds ➳ SasuNaru

Ten | The Worst Three-Legged Race!

They came up with a strategy. The three genin would stay on the lookout for the thieves, and if they saw them, they would use a flare to signal Kakashi.

So the genin sat and waited in the trees, watching the path.

They were waiting awhile, but they finally saw the thieves. They were coming down the path with a horse, and the horse was about the fall down a hill. On the horse's back was a wicker basket.

"Be careful with that treasure!" One thief angrily shouted. "Get it together!"

'Treasure...? It must be in the basket...' Naruto thought, eyes narrowing. 'This is my chance...'

The blond leaned forward slightly, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Sasuke do the same.

The two shared a look, and both lunged forward to grab the wicker basket. They landed on the horse and held on tightly to the basket.

"What do they think they are they doing?!" Sakura whispered furiously, turning around. "We have to signal Kakashi-sensei first!" She pulled out the flare, setting it up.

Naruto and Sasuke, as well as the horse all fell down the hill, due to the horse freaking out.

Sakura finally shot the flare out, but it didn't make it into the sky. One of the thieves shot out some chakra from his wrist and it captured the flame. Then, Sakura's ankle was caught with a chain and she was yanked out of the tree.

The guy that could shoot chakra went after Naruto and Sasuke, shooting chakra at them. The boys held onto the basket as they went down the hill, the horse already had stopped.

As the guy shot another blast of chakra at them that they felt hit them, the treasure fell out of the basket.

"Oh, there's no way I'm losing that!" Sasuke shouted, reaching for the treasure. He grabbed it, but he and Naruto fell off a cliff and into the water way down below.

The thief cursed, and went back to the others.

Sakura was thrown harshly onto the ground at the chakra shooter's - the boss's feet.

"What should we do with her?" A thief asked.

"Are there others with you?" The boss asked the girl, but Sakura didn't answer. He slapped her harshly across the face.

"We'll just hold her hostage."

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Sasuke and Naruto were panting, laying side-by-side, soaking wet. Sasuke raised his right arm that held the treasure.

"I can't believe... the treasure... is just a teddy bear..." Naruto said, and Sasuke dropped his hand.

"Do you think the signal..." Sasuke began, panting still. Naruto looked at him. "The signal Sakura was supposed to send out... what if it didn't go off? What if she didn't get the chance...?"

"You think Sakura was captured?!" Naruto asked, eyes wide. "We've got to save her!"

Naruto stood, and Sasuke felt himself being pulled. The boys looked at each other and then freaked out.

Their hands were stuck together.

"What is this?!" The boys exclaimed simultaneously, looking at the chakra that bound their hands together.

After a few moments of freaking out, they finally calmed down a bit.

"It- It's like some sort of chakra..." Sasuke murmured, and Naruto made a noise of agreement.

They needed it to break. They glanced at each other.

Then they pulled, pulling as far away as possible from each other, trying to get the damn thing to break.