Before Naruto had the chance to run, scream, or do anything that would give away their position, Sasuke quickly grabbed him by the torso and clamped a hand on his mouth. Receiving grateful looks from both Sakura and Kakashi as he held the wriggling jinchuuriki back.
Sasuke did not expect, however, for a wet and slimy, thing to glide across his palm. Making him quickly retract his hand with a grimace, but keep his other arm firmly around Naruto. "You're disgusting." Naruto merely rolled his eyes,
"Whatever works, Teme." Naruto then wriggled around while still in Sasuke's embrace to observe their surroundings. According to Kurama, it was about noon. Though it was impossible to tell from the minimal light that shone through the trees. And then there was that bizarre man, but Naruto chose to keep his back to that scene.
"So what now 'ttebayo?"
Kakashi looked over Naruto's head to observe the man again. And that was when he noticed the familiar black cloak with red clouds. He looked over to Sakura to see if she had noticed, but then shook his head softly when he realized that she wouldn't know. Sakura wasn't there during the attack, but maybe Sasuke would recognize it.
"Why's everyone so quiet dattebayo!" Naruto's question was answered by many hushes and demands for him to be quiet.
"Shut up Naruto, my brain is going deaf. And that shouldn't be possible." Sasuke said. Around this time, Kakashi would usually be squealing in delight, but this was probably the most normal thing that's happened to him this week, so he remained silent.
"We really need to get going but...damn, the sexual tension between them is suffocating," Everyone looked to Sakura either with looks of shock or amusement, while Kakashi let out some badly hidden laughs. When she realized that she had spoken out loud, her cheeks flushed.
Kakashi then cleared his throat, trying to sound professional. "Sakura, you can play matchmaker once we've rescued Gaara. We need to keep going." Sakura snorted, as if she didn't just say/think that.
The four of them (Kurama had decided to poof out of existence) continued on their way, taking extra care not to grab the attention of the Akatsuki member as they slowly crept by him.
"Where to next oh mighty Sasuke? Might I request that we don't take the scenic route anymore?" Sakura said sarcastically, and then Naruto butted in.
"Oh! I get it! Cuz like, that crazy chicken dancer was a scene!" Sasuke pretended not have heard Naruto, but on the inside he was confused. He knew for a fact that Naruto wasn't this obnoxious, so why was he trying to hard to be someone he wasn't? Neither Sakura or Kakashi noticed it, but Naruto's goofy smile fell just a tad every time he thought they weren't looking.
Sasuke wished that Naruto opened up a bit more to them. Everything he said was either meant to be funny or meant to make him look stupid. The blonde had this impenetrable wall around himself. And though it was adorned with sunshine and rainbows, that didn't change the fact that it was a wall.
"Hn, this way," Sasuke took one final glance at Naruto before focusing on the terrain in front of him. It would suck if he ran into a tree because he was staring at Naruto.
Not because it would hurt, but because he wouldn't hear the end of it from Sakura.
The four of them didn't have to run very far to pick up Gaara's chakra signature. But it was fading at an alarming rate. Dear Kami, why couldn't anything go right with them?
Well at least their new plan was better than playing follow-the-leader with Sasuke. Sakura had sensed two other chakra signatures alongside Gaara's, and that was enough information for her to make a plan: Naruto would attack from the front like usual, and while he created as much chaos as he could, Sakura would try to get Gaara out of the line of fire. Kakashi and Sasuke would back the two of them up until Sakura got Gaara out, and then while she tended to their Kage, the three of them would go all out.
This strategy seemed like a good idea on paper, (or in her head) but fate puts Naruto to shame in terms of royally screwing everything up, especially for her. And that's exactly what happened.
Sakura had taken many things into account when she thought of this plan: The possibility that there were more than two opponents, the possibility that one of the nins had some ridiculously overpowered Kekkei Genkai, hell, she even took in the possibility that Naruto and Sasuke would stop fighting all of a sudden and start making out.
As her team approached the two ninja, nothing seemed out of place. There was a red haired man and a blonde haired man standing in front of Gaara's unconscious body, both wearing matching cloaks.
Things only started going South when Naruto launched his first bijuu bomb at the duo. His throw was unusually accurate, but that wasn't what made Sakura want to repeatedly bang her head on the nearest tree.
It was the fact that she had completely forgotten the wonderful advantage of unconscious bodies...
You could use them as human shields.
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I'm so, so sorry for not updating sooner!!
Anyway, Thank you to @helloweirdstranger, fabulousstudios, @Midnight-Ravencrow,and @LuxBellona for helping me with the name of this book: We're keeping Ascending!!
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Ascending (Sequel to Rock Bottom)
FanfictionIt's been two years since the Danzo incident. Two whole years since the members of Team 7 have had any interaction with one another. But when an emergency letter is sent from Suna informing them that Gaara has been kidnapped, they are quick to retur...
