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Clash Sasuke blocked a kunai with his katana. He drew back and then swung forward, slicing through the abdomen of the final enemy ninja.

"Fool." He muttered quietly under his breath, withdrawing his blade and letting it hang by his side.

He was on a special mission in the Land of Waterfalls. He had been sent by the Hokage to infiltrate a wanted man's hideout an assassinate him.

The man's name was Nakioma Hiroshi. He was wanted for a crime in the Village Hidden Among the Stones. The Tsuchikage had been murdered in an attack by the man and the council had rebelled. Lady Tsunade, with the help of the Kazekage, had stepped in.

A new Tsuchikage had been inaugurated, but the village had still screamed for revenge. The two Kages had managed to calm the people by reassuring them that the man responsible would be caught and killed.

Sasuke's squad had been assigned the mission. It had went smoothly in the beginning. They had infiltrated the hideout and taken out Nakioma, but, upon leaving, a band of rogue ninja once led by the rebel had appeared.

"I think that's it." The ANBU beside him said, his face hidden behind a fox mask. Bright blonde hair spiked out at several angles behind the mask and clear, blue eyes were visible through the eye holes of the mask.

Sasuke nodded curtly. "Go and look ahead. I'll check for a moment, just in case."

The fox-masked ANBU rolled his eyes. "Alright, teme, but don't take too long." He motioned for the others of the team to follow him.

Sasuke scanned the battlefield, what had once been a peaceful meadow was now littered with the bloody, decapitated corpses. His search turned up nothing and he jumped onto the branch of a tree on the outskirts of the meadow and continued after his team.

Only a few trees into the forest, he stopped as an odd feeling swept through him. Just below his navel, he felt a sort of tugging, pulling him to the right, the opposite direction of his team.

'What is this?' He quickly swept his gaze through the trees. 'Is it some sort of genjutsu?'

With this thought he activated his sharingan and followed the urge.

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It wasn't long before Sasuke realized that with each leap he took, the urge became stronger, leading him to an unknown place.

Soon after, the area surrounding him began to change. The trees began to thing and it seemed to him that the pull was leading him to a small cabin that he could faintly see in the distance.

Smoke languidly streamed from a hand-made, grey stone chimney, most likely from a fire used to stem the cold winter chill.

As he got closer, he could make out a vague outline of the home. 'Is that a person?' He squinted slightly and determined that yes, it was in fact a person. The silhouette was standing between the gap of a straight, wooden picket fence that surrounded the cabin.

Faintly, he could see a slight purple glow surrounding the person.

'Is that…tattoos?' His eyes widened drastically. ' No, it couldn't be, could it?'

He stopped a few paces from the fence.

'Kagome.' Sasuke thought, struck speechless.

As if she'd read his mind she spoke, "Hello, Sasuke."