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Chapter Four
Words
Chapter started: July 26, 2006
Chapter finished: March 9, 2008 (Wow…)
Chapter edited: March 9, 2008
A soldier who is afraid of nothing, troubles himself about nothing. She had always thought of herself as one of those soldiers, but when her youngest sister was born, she troubled herself with everything.
Heian ran a pale hand through her black hair and inhaled deeply. The sun was barely rising beyond the batches of trees that surrounded her vision in her room.
"Heian, what are you doing up so early?" A gruff voice, just out of bed, mumbled. Without turning around, Heian smiled.
"I just couldn't sleep."
"Like the time you were watching that series?" Rae rubbed her eyes to clear her vision.
"Which one?"
"The one that the City of Dreams made. You know, the one with that really cute prince that didn't end up with the girl he loved because he let her go, knowing that she didn't love him?" Heian was up all night crying because of it.
"Oh. Yea, like that time. You knew that he was suppose to end up with her! Plus he was so cute!" Heian whipped her head around and inhaled again to calm herself.
"Actually, I don't know. I didn't watch it, you just told me about it and showed me clips." Rae corrected, now fully awake. She pulled the covers off of her and went into the bathroom.
Heian smiled at her younger sister before stepping out the window; only after making sure that Hibana was there to tell Rae she left.
Sakura snapped her eyes open from her meditation once she felt a big mass of chakra coming her way. She immediately covered her chakra and jumped into the nearest tree. When she saw a black figure run into the clearing she was once in, she carefully pulled out a kunai without the smallest sound.
Then the figure threw of its cloak and what Sakura saw almost made her fall out of her tree.
'Heian-chan?' She regarded the new girl closely: she seemed to be training. 'Why did she hide this all this time?'
When a sword was aimed at her direction, Sakura knew she messed up.
"Come out." The warning growl was enough to let Sakura know that Heian was serious.
"Heian-chan!" Immediately Sakura felt the smaller girl's chakra lessen considerably. Strange.
"Oh, hi Sakura-san! How are you?" Heian blushed when the older girl came and felt her forehead.
"Isn't it a bit early for you to wake up?" She smiled at the shorter girl. Heian cocked her head and stared at her questionably.
"I mean isn't it-" Sakura paused mid-sentence and froze. Something's coming…
When she felt the younger girl's eyes on her, she knew that Heian was well aware of that fact.
"Early? It's just sunrise." That's when she heard it. The distinctive sound of a nearly silent screech and a wheeze. The sound of a bullet. Before she could warn the pink-haired girl about the danger, a hiss was heard. The bullet nearly missed its designation.
"Sakura, are you okay?!" Heian ran to the kunoichi, who was clenching her arm in pain. Another sound reached her ears, but this time Heian knew the dodge could be avoided. Carefully gripping Sakura, Heian managed to dodge the shurikens that were staked where their bodies were moments before. Thinking that she had avoided the worst of dangers, Heian was surprised when she felt something slice her left cheek.
"What the FUCK!" Heian cursed when the warm liquid of blood delicately flowed across her cheek. Her anger flared as she quickly scanned the area until her dark orbs rested on two shadowed figures behind a grove of trees.
Sakura noticed too; making a series of different hand gestures with one hand, she quietly chanted something Heian never heard before. A blast was heard to her right. Startled Heian turned that direction, before quickly looking back at their attackers.
A trail of burnt trees greeted her vision.
"Sakura-san. What happened?" The woman spoken to just lifted a finger to shush her.
"Our guests haven't left yet." She breathed in pain. The jutsu she just performed took a lot of her chakra. It was forbidden to be used; and totally created by her. Shit, at this rate, I'll be out cold before even damaging them. Sakura thought with a worried expression
"It's okay Sakura-san. I'll take care of them." Heian whispered before making a grab for the air in front of her. Soon multiple acid-like creatures lifted from the ground before sinking into the soil and moved towards the intruders. This isn't the time to be pretending who I'm not. Sakura-san is injured because of me, and there's no way in hell am I going to risk her life. Heian scowled at the sight in front of her. Apparently, her creations were only enough to keep one of them busy. The bulky figure sliced his way threw them, only to have them return again in stronger persuade.
That's why she was surprised when Sakura threw her onto the ground and took a hit.
"Fuck." She cursed when she saw the pink haired girl coughing out blood and a man in front of her.
"Itachi…" Sakura managed to gasp. Itachi-kun? Heian looked at the man who injured her friend. Why?
"Your hate isn't nearly enough, blossom." Itachi whispered into her ear. "Relax and welcome death." His hands crept their way onto Sakura's neck and momentarily paused when a pain shot through his lower abdomen.
"But my will is." Sakura fired back. Itachi smirked and looked at the girl. He had chosen well; the girl was fitting to be a female opponent.
"Once your hate is, I'll be back." He moved passed the girl, taking no notice of Heian on the ground.
"Don't you dare walk away Itachi!" His movements froze before looking back.
"Ah-Heian-chan. It's nice of you to still remember me." Sakura looked at the man and her new friend. They know each other? "How is Hibana?" He muttered coldly at her.
"Better." Heian bit out, standing and looking defiantly at her lost protector. "What happened to you?"
Itachi just stared at her, before looking at Kisame's failed attempts at getting away from Heian's friends. He made a brush of his left hand and instantly, the creatures were gone. "Still as foolish as I remembered you to be." Were the last words he said before disappearing.
I don't get it. Itachi and Heian knew each other?
"I know what you're thinking, and please don't ask." Heian softly whispered. Sakura stared at the small girl, gazing at the nearly destroyed forest with a broken stare. "Just know, I'm not your enemy." Standing up with a wobble, Heian leaned on Sakura for support walking towards their hotel.
Sakura sighed at the stubborn girl and silently began to heal her. Pleased that she wasn't going to get an infection from the deep cut on her cheek, she began to heal herself.
"Sakura-chan!!! We have a lead on Orochimaru!" Naruto was the first to greet them when they stepped into the hotel. "It's been rumored that he's in Mist right now." Why would he be there? Rae made eye contact with Heian and nodded.
"I guess we should go then." Rae coughed out, slinging her bag over her shoulders, beginning to walk out the door, out of the crew's life.
"Where are you going?" The cold voice sliced through the air and Heian turned around only to be met with dull green eyes. "You are going to explain yourself before taking another step." The kazekage held up a head band with a symbol that was scratched beyond being recognized. Seinai sighed from the stairs she was descending, grabbed the headband from the man's hands and walked out the door.
"Good Luck." She spat before disappearing in a poof of smoke. Hibana slowly trotted towards his owner and mewled softly.
"Well, it's just me and you now Rae." The said girl noticed softly. Looking back at the group she met only hours ago, she smiled softly and turned to walk out.
"I didn't say move." Sand wrapped around the ankles of the two females and the fox, preventing them from moving unless they wanted to break the bone. "Explain."
"I want my heart back." Heian softly spoke, beginning her reasons of pursuing Orochimaru.
"Your heart?" Sakura looked surprised. "How can you live, if you don't have-"
"A heart? The beat within me is artificial, moved by chakra alone. Orochimaru stole my heart two years ago when I was unconscious." Sai nodded at the explanation. He didn't feel anything for a majority of his life, so the story didn't seem so far-fetched.
"Is that how you know Itachi?" Eyes widened at the slip of the tongue. The whole group looked back at Heian with distrust sketched onto their faces.
"What?!?! How does she know about Itachi-kun?" Rae demanded angrily.
"He decided to stop by, not knowing I was going to be there." Heian replied. The sand against her ankles tightened its grip, warning her to stop stalling.
"Itachi was the one who found me when Orochimaru left me for dead."
The clearing wasn't as clean as they would've liked, but it suited their needs for the night. Sakura had refused to let the two girls on their own with so much danger in their way. The other members, accepted the fate with a couple of choice words, punches in the arm and a death glare.
"So, Heian, what clan are you from?" Naruto attempted to make friends with her in his cheery attitude. Heian gave a small smile and shook her head. "I'm not sure, my father was never there, so there was only my mother, who hated me. I was cursed with this gift and she was cursed to bare the burden of it until I was old enough." Rae was happily annoying Sai as he was sketching the scenery before him. A small twitch in the empty of her chest made her want to cry. This was the first time anyone accepted them.
She was going to fight to stay. This group was going to be her new home.
I'm super sorry for the super late update! I've been terribly lazy for the past year, and inconsiderate of my readers. I'm here to say I've not given up on my stories and I'll try to update as often as I can. My current motivations are my reviewers, the newly uploaded manga chapters and the talented writers' stories I've been reading instead of updating. (sweatdrop) FORGIVE ME!!!
This chapter was mostly about Heian, as she will play a large role in the fall of Orochimaru (don't worry, it will be the main characters that take him down). Sakura will shine in the next chapter, so stay tuned!
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- Sanguine Dreams
PS for those of you worried that one of the OC's will end up with a Naruto character, do not fear! I have no intentions of pairing them up with any of them. I personally hate it when an OC is "with" a main character, because it makes it seem like the author is trying too hard to be with an anime character (no offense to those out there!). This is just what I think. (runs away in fright)