"Hiroshi?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you have wood style?"
"What?" He looked at her as if she was insane. "Of course not. That's impossible."
"I see..." She frowned and rubbed her eyes.
"Shun is reporting the mission right?"
"Yeah. We have another one today."
"Seriously?" A groan escaped her lips. "We just got back."
"Nakano-Chan, you understand..."
"I understand more than anyone, okay?"
The short silence that followed was slightly awkward until Hiroshi broke it.
"Why would you ask about would style?"
"Well...You have water and earth chakra natures and that's what you need for wood style. You're a Senju and..." She sighed as a tear fell from her cheek.
"Wood style helped a lot with bringing peace back then. I just thought...You know, maybe if you had it you and I could do more." Her head tilted to look at him.Β
"Our team would be unbeatable."
"What are you talking about?" He grinned. "Our team is already unbeatable! We got me!"
"That's exactly why we aren't unbeatable."
"Hey!" He sulked. Quickly, his mood changed and he was standing, preparing to throw a stone.
"I bet I can skip stone farther than you."
"Oh?" She grinned. "I bet you can't."
Hiroshi actually won.
"What have you been doing?"
"Not copying other people."
"Tch!" She scoffed. "Whatever, my jutsu is still stronger than yours!"
"Oh yeah? Don't you only have fire?"
"I've got lightning now."
"This is funny, you know?" He grinned.
"I've got earth and that beats lightning. But your lightning beats my water and my water beats your fire, and your fire beats my earth."
"I know that."
"You know what I think, Nakano-Chan?" He grinned. "I think you and I will always be equal!"
'Equal...That's what he said back then.'
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"What kind of mission is this, anyway?"
"Hidden mist ambush."
"Are they insane?" She scoffs. "Yagura-Sama will kill us."
"Shut it." Shun ordered. "It's hokage's orders. And his word is law."
"I understand." Hiroshi boredly sighs and hums.
"What are we doing?"
"They have this info unit, and we're going to grab as many people as we can for interrogation."
"I can do that with my genjutsu. What about you two?"
"Well, my bugs can knock them out or paralyze them so we can do it silently. I specialize in assassination after all." Shun says, both turning to the Senju who sweatdropps.
"I guess I can...I'll be the diversion or backup."
"It's good." Shun flinches lightly and brings a wasp onto his hand.
"We're here."
Tension grew between the three as they formed hand signs, speaking silently.
Once they spotted two men walking lazily, they went to work.Β
Shuns wasp landed on the two men, knocking them out instantly while Hiroshi and Nakano quickly grabbed their bodies, dragging them away.
"That's two..." Nakano checks their identification cards and curses when they are regular jounin.
"Oh no..." Shun muttered, standing instantly.
"We need to get out of here-!"
"Not so fast!"
About ten shinobi surrounded them, each elite jounin.
"How did you know?" Nakano glares, holding her kunai out in front of her while her other two teammates go back to back with her.
"Since you're going to die anyways," One of the mist shinobi grinned. "The hidden leaf has a traitor~"
"Of course we do..." Shun clicked his tongue and sent a wasp to carry the paper of info he had.
"We need to get away somehow..."
"It's too late!" They cackled. "Just give up! It's pathetic seeing you struggle for your lives."
"No way! We'd never give up!"
"Tsk, tsk." One tooted. "Let's go boys. The quicker we finish the better."
And so they fought.
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Nakano lay panting and falls to the ground, bleeding. They'd only managed to kill five of the ten jounin, and were already tired. The blood red mist lived up to it's name.Β
"Agh!" Her head whips to the sound. Nakanos blood ran cold as her pupils dilated and eyes widened. Her whole body shook as she watched the scene. Shun was stabbed. And not just a normal stab, but directly to the heart.
Her eyes began to burn, but the burn simply stayed and didn't travel further.
"Shun!" As she yelled her teammates name, she failed to realize the jounin sneaking up with his own sword.
But Hiroshi didn't.
"NAKANO-CHAN!" He pushed her out of the way, relieved that she'd dodged the hit. He coughed, a small smile on his lips.
"Are you...Alright...Nakano-C-Chan?"
"H-Hiroshi..." The jounin coughed out blood, falling to the ground as the shaking hand of the Senju released the bloody kunai and gripped the sword impaled through him.
"Hiroshi!" She cried, tears gathering in her eyes as the burning in her eyes finally traveled and now flowed through her veins, bringing power to her entire body.
"Hiroshi! I'm so sorry!" He coughed out blood and somehow still managed a grin. Slowly, he pressed his fist on her chest in a brotherly manner.
"Heh..." He choked out, the blood in his throat making it harder to speak.
"I finally saved you." His hand slowly dropped as the light in his eyes faded.
"I...Win..."
"Hiroshi?" She shook him. "HIROSHI! WAKE UP!"
Why?
Just when she was finally able to warm up to him again, this happened.
This was...All because of...
Her head snapped to the mist shinobi who gasped at her new eyes.
Them.
"I'll kill you!"
"It's just one kid! Let's retrieve her and go!"
Tears streamed down her face as she shakily grabbed her kunai and engulfed in fire.
One second she was next to the fallen body of her comrades, and the next, she had her hand through one of their chests.
She bared her teeth and kicked them away leaving their- Now dead, body to fall.
And it continued until the only shinobi left was her.
"Over there!" Her head snapped to the direction of the yells, and she was thankfully in the right state of mind to know that she had to get out of there.
But that meant leaving Hiroshi and Shuns bodies.
"I-I'm so sorry..." She sobbed and cursed the approaching chakras.Β
"I have n-no choice."
She quickly grabbed Shuns goggles and headband, and grabbed Hiroshi's necklace and headband, running away.
'My pain...Is nothing compared to how their family will feel. I-I must...Do this for them.'
So she ran, and ran, until she didn't even know where she was going anymore. Non-stop tears ran down her face. Her vision was blurred and her head felt like it would explode. She didn't want to do anything but rest, but she was positive that wouldn't be possible with the image of Hiroshi.
This was her fault. She was too weak and needed someone else to save her.Β
Stronger.
She needed to get stronger.
But right now.
She was weak.
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By the time the shinobi had found Nakano, she was collapsed on the ground and had blood all over her clothes. They'd gone back and inspected the scene, but all they found was a few dead mist shinobi while the others must have been retrieved.
It was the Ino-Shika-Cho trio that found her and brought her back. Inoichi was required to check her mind since she wouldn't be conscious for a while.
So as he explained what happened to her, the third hokage sent a few ANBU to inform their family.
He could only sigh sadly at what happened but he knew this was inevitable.
After all, this was the third shinobi war.
IM SORRY I HAD TO!
Hey, at least she had mangekyou now?
Dont worry I got something good planned for the future
Oof I cant wait for the future chapters.
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