I Need You Back... (Part Two)

Cracked

Opening the zipper, I rushed out and looked around my surroundings... And I was shocked. "So... It-"

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"So... It was only a dream. But it felt so real" I said and we both closed the tent and I saw a note poking out of a tree which looked familiar. It was the tree Yuzuki crawled out of all them years ago.

The trunk was thick now and you could see that it once was cut open, so I stuck a kunai in it, and it opened to reveal the note.

"Ryosuke,

I wrote this quickly so please excuse the messy writing. I only just realised that I hurt you so and I'm sorry. As you may know, it was Yuzuki was told me to do that to make you hate me. After I did that, you must have seen my face change from that hard killing face to the normal loving face I had before. If you wish to communicate to me, meet me at the Sil-"

It ended as I saw that the letter was torn there. "No... NO LENORA!" I yelled as several birds which stood in the trees, flew off. But then I saw the other half of the letter and I quickly scanned over it.

"-ake on T--sday at 6.---m. Don't bring anybody and I will explain then.

Lenora Kaira x"

I stuck the sheets together but noticed that the location was torn along with the day and time but there was the beginning and end letters.

"Sil----ake on t--sday at 6.---m" I said and tried piecing the words together. "You find something Ryosuke?" Sasuke asked and I slammed the tree closed. "Nothing at all! Lets move out" I said as I shoved the letter into my pocket and headed forward towards the border.

Sasuke as behind me the entire time and we headed towards the castle. ' Sil----ake on t--sday at 6.---m... Sil----ake on t--sday at 6.---m... Wait. Silent Lake. That's the only solution for that... And today Wednesday so it should be Thursday the meeting. Lenora never woke up at 6.00am, she always woke up at 10am!' my mind called as I just figured out the message.

"Can we help you boys?" we heard and I snapped back to reality. "Erm, yes. I received a letter from the princess only a couple of days ago about her brother Deidara. I came to speak with her" I told the guard and he didn't move.

"Have you got proof?". Searching my pouch quickly, I pulled out the letter and made sure it wasn't the one Lenora gave me. Giving it to him, he scanned it over and nodded, removing his sheathed sword back into its scabbard. "You may pass. But why is he here?" as he pointed to Sasuke.

"I'm here to help" he said shortly and the guard gripped his sword. "How? I only have proof from the boy and not you. I can let you through only on one condition" he smirked and that's when his sword came thrashing forward and Sasuke leapt back.

"I will let you pass if you can oppose a threat to me, a death threat. If you fail and I get you, you will not pass" the guard chuckled and Sasuke sighed. "May I let you know I am still a genin but my skills are higher". Pulling our his famous demon wind shrunken, the guard lurched towards Sasuke and Sasuke flash stepped behind him.

"Wind Style - Art of Shadows - Demon Wind Shrunken" he said and his eyes turned to the crimson red as the shrunken rotated and opened up. The guard turned and Sasuke threw the shrunken at him and he blocked it with his sword but Sasuke wasn't done.

You see, it isn't called the Art of Shadows for no reason. The shadow on the ground was also a shrunken and it sliced the man's foot, causing him to jump a little yet he punched Sasuke across the field. Sasuke flew far and crashed into a large rock, hitting his head first and causing him to fall.