Reborn as Sakura and Hinata: Lost in the Wind

Jinjuriki Attack

Where were we supposed to meet up again?

I cursed my short attention span, as I racked my brain to try and remember where the Gedo Statue team was supposed to meet. Why could I never pay attention? It was Sakura talking to me. I was frankly kinda surprised she didn't pick up on it and scold me or something.

I rounded a corner, crashing directly into someone. With a startled cry, I jumped back, Neji looking just as startled as he stumbled backwards to be stabilized by Itachi.

"Where have you been?" Ino marched up to me, hands on her hips, "We've been waiting for twenty minutes!"

"S-sorry!" I held up my hands, hoping she wasn't going to attack me or something.

Neji sighed heavily, "Drop it. We need to get moving as quickly as possible." he glanced back at Itachi and Kakashi, "Correct?"

"Yes," Itachi affirmed, turning to the door, "We will leave now. Kakashi, lead the way."

Kakashi got up from where he was leaning against the wall, an overwhelmingly dark feeling surrounding him. I watched him leave through the doors apprehensively, unsettled by how he hadn't spoken a single word the whole time.

Neji followed after him, and I took that as my cue to begin moving as well. I scanned the group with curiosity; Sakura had certainly formed a weird team. I didn't know all that much about what Ino could do, but apparently she could heal. I guess that was cool, and useful, but I was more curious about if she'd be able to use her mind-transfer jutsu or not.

I suppose Kakashi-sensei being on the team made sense too, and I couldn't help but be concerned by his uncharacteristically dark mood. I was used to him being at times upbeat but for the most part acting like he didn't care about anything; this was not that. He seemed to be the one that cared the most out of everybody, but I guess that made sense.

It made me feel bad for him. I tried to imagine what it would have been like if Sasuke had left or become evil or something. That would've sucked, especially if I had thought he had died just to find out that he was causing all sorts of problems.

I frowned to myself. This Obito guy had hurt a lot of people. He was the reason my parents died, he took Sakura's leg, and he had to be stopped before he took everything else from me.

My eyes then fell on Itachi. So, this was Sasuke's brother huh? The one that killed all of the Uchiha? He must've been powerful. It was weird to think he was related to Sasuke though, his vibe was totally different. Sasuke was loud and annoying and edgy, and this guy was quiet and refined or whatever.

"So, what's our goal?" I asked.

Expectedly, Neji turned to me with a disbelieving glare, "Did you pay attention to anything that Sakura said?"

"Uh... I tried?" I smiled apologetically, "I have a bad memory, okay?"

Neji refaced the direction we were traveling in pointedly, his annoyance practically radiating off of him, "We are on a mission to destroy a statue."

"The statue harbors the chakra of the tailed beasts." Kakashi interjected with a surprisingly firm tone, "If it gets a hold of yours and Killer B's, then it will be able to form the ten-tails. We cannot let that happen."

He sounded so... angry. I knew it wasn't directed at me, but I felt a shiver run down my spine at the icy way he spoke. This war really had him riled up, and I was pretty sure I was not liking it.

We continued on in silence for a while, and it occurred to me another reason for his off mood. The statue was around the area where his friend 'died'. A pang of sympathy ran through me, and I considered how shitty I'd feel.