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Chapter 4: The Search Begins

“I’m afraid… we can’t do something about it.” A hand enveloped the shirt of the man that immediately closed his eyes to brace the pain that might hit him. Luckily for him, his attacker was feeling considerate. The raven-haired man who had dark frustrated eyes pierced the man with his deathly gaze instead. He won’t gain anything from killing a medical ninja who also said the same thing like what those previous ones before him said.

Even if he did kill the man in front of him and by chance he would feel a little bit relieved, there was nothing he can do about the condition he was in. He already heard those words for the tenth time already and every time he did, he always felt miserable. This was getting him nowhere.

He allowed them to stay there with him for another couple of days, locked away in a prison cell before deciding to let them go. He was trying to check if their minds would change and perhaps being together with other medical ninjas would inspire something that might heal his condition. Nothing happened of the sort. Even if he used his sharingan, he would only get the truth- they can’t fix him. He was going blind. He hated that idea but he braced himself for the worse as he started training himself in the dark.

He didn’t give up though. He decided he would try to get another ninja to check his condition. He chanced upon one medical ninja from the Land of Sand and ambushed him immediately when he was given the chance. After threatening him to examine him, he said the exact same thing.

“You must be Uchiha Sasuke from the Village Hidden by Leaves.” Sasuke brought up his sword to his neck. No one is supposed to know who he was. This man had a death wish.

“Any last words?” he asked, his eyes flaming red. The other swallowed hard and tried to mouth out something.

“Tenshi.” He finally whispered. Sasuke crossed his brows and tried to push the blade further in the guy’s neck. A small trickle of blood flowed down in the guy’s neck.

“Calling Angels now?” he asked calmly. 

“I’ve heard that you’ve been targeting a lot of Medical Ninja. I’ll be the one to tell you… it won’t work. We’re not as knowledgeable as the Tenshi.” Sasuke brought down the man and kicked him on the gut.

“Speak.” He said as he fronted him with his blade. He was getting impatient but he was willing to wait since this was going to be a good lead.

“I’ll tell you this but no one knows her exactly. We only know she’s a female with pink hair. She wears a mask and a white raincoat and goes around missions that require a high level of healing. Only the Kages and her village know her personally.” Sasuke was almost dumbstruck when he heard him say of a female kunoichi with pink hair. There was only one woman who entered his mind and that was none other than the annoying pink-headed girl who always bothered him in Team 7.

“But even if you go around all the villages, you won’t find her. We tried doing that. No one is willing to talk about her- name or other things. She’s famous but at the same time, she’s not.” After a few moment fo silence, Sasuke struck the man from behind the neck with his hand. He’ll let him leave but he would have to erase his memory of this particular encounter.

He needs to leave this place at once and look for that Tenshi who seems particularly famous in the circle of the medical ninjas. There was a bit of hesitation in his mind though. Although, he can only think of Sakura for the moment, she might not be the one he was looking for.

Honestly, he didn’t want to see them again, Kakashi, Naruto or her.  If he tried to approach Sakura, despite the fact that he wasn’t sure if she was the one or not, he will risk an encounter with the Konoha Village.

Besides, his only memory of her was her crying, pathetic face. He looked at his palm as he leaped from one tree to another. “I have to make sure.”

He said as he went towards the route going to Konoha.