Someone you loved

Chapter 9

The trip to the Land of Lightning and until they had located their target in one of the busier towns near the ocean, was exactly like Chiasa had expected it: a torture.

It was nice to travel with Yugao again, but the ebony-haired kunoichi could simply not concentrate fully on their mission when her little brother was alone in Konoha. It was sufficient to say that she slept poorly, more often than not opting to keep watch and use chakra to keep herself awake.

By the time they had reached the town, she had gotten used to minimal sleep again, though it was admittedly harder after having the luxury of sleeping peacefully for more than a month.

It was another week until the two kunoichi had done enough scouting and preparing to kill the man swiftly and traceless.

Chiasa was restless, having expected to be back in Konoha by that time, she was after all, the best assassin in the Land of Fire, never mind, that she had been out of practice for the last five years.

However, it had become obvious why the mission was an A-rank.

The target – a cousin of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire that had been connected with human trafficking and slavery – had surrounded himself with a group of A- to B- ranked individuals from the bingo book. But these were not the actual problem. The reason she and Yugao had to spend a week on planning were the two individuals clad in strange black cloaks with red clouds. They had identified them quickly as Hidan and Kakazu of Takigakure, two S-ranked missing nins.

The moment these two had stepped onto the field, the mission had become a S-rank ANBU level mission. Whoever had done the first information gathering had done a shit job and Chiasa would give them a piece of her mind when she was back in the village.

Their first move of action had been to request an ANBU backup team, because while Chiasa was a proud Uchiha and confident in her power, the desire to reunite with her brother and Team 7 was bigger than her pride. She wouldn't willingly engage two S-ranked shinobi with only Yugao as support, however, since Konoha still had not replied to their urgent message she might not have another choice.

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One and a half weeks after their initial leave, the two kunoichi decided that they could no longer wait.

Sato Daisuke would leave the town the next day and it would take days to scout out his next stop.

"Do you have everything?" asked Yugao tensely as Chiasa stepped out of the small bathroom in their rented room.

Her eyes looked her friend up and down, unable to keep the surprise off her face.

Uchiha Chiasa was a beauty like no other.

The kunoichi was glad in a flattering, body-hugging snow-white kimono with a pattern of a cute red cherry tree. A vivid, red-coloured obi adored with golden spider lilies and a light green edge held the entire thing together, emphasizing the Uchiha's petite figure. A thin strip of the same vivid red with a gold-coloured pattern was visible at the collar. For once, she didn't wear footwear suitable for her profession but instead white socks and elegant, but simple black geta.

Chiasa had pulled her dark hair into an elegant bun, small braids going from the front to the back and her bangs accentuate her high cheekbones in a charming way. Holding everything together was a gorgeous hair ornament of light red, soft pink and white roses with dark green leaves.

The only make-up that the Uchiha had used were a dark red lipstick, pulling the attention of anyone onto her full, soft lips and a bronze-coloured eyeshadow. Combined with her fair skin and the dark, full eyelashes the kunoichi was an alluring sight. One that a man would do anything for.