Sakura Haruno and Hinata Hyuuga had been assigned as partners for a dangerous mission, not only far from the Leaf Village, not only far from their nation, but far from the very continent which their nation was within. Neither had ever been so far from home before, few from the village had ever ventured off the continent this far on a mission. It meant that the two Kunoichi were isolated from any kind of support, they had no real method of communicating with home and they were in completely unfamiliar territory. At first things had been going rather well, they had managed to infiltrate the small town where there mission was taking place, track the target of their information gathering mission, the anxiety of it all had just been starting to fade and the two may have thought this mission was going to be easier than they had originally thought. Sadly that wasn't to last, things had gone very wrong very quickly.
Neither of them could be sure how, but their cover as tourists had been blown, before they could even really understand what was happening they had been surrounded, attacked, it almost felt like the entire town had been after them. With no other option they had been forced to abandon the mission and flee blindly, leaving the town in a completely different direction to the one which they had arrived from, all of their maps completely useless.
They had been on the run for almost 48 hours now, there had been no chance for sleep, they had been lucky to get 5 minutes to stop and catch their breath. Finally though they had lost their pursuers. Taking a chance Sakura and Hinata had fled into a thick fog, one which the ones chasing them seemed to have been reluctant to enter. At this point neither kunoichi was particularly concerned with moving through the fog blindly, they had no idea where they were with or without fog after all. But finally they had emerged from it, stumbling into a clearing in the forest, a sparkling stream running through it, the trees vibrant with flowers and fruits.
"H-Hinata....you ok?" Sakura spoke as she panted for breath. Every muscle ached, her body screaming for sleep, her mind starting to lose it's sharpness now that they finally seemed to be out of danger. "I think...I think we're safe now. They didn't follow us into that fog..." She slowly looked up and around. From the geography she could make out it seemed that they were in some kind of valley. That was bad news, the broader, more general maps of the area that Sakura had studied had shown no kind of valley anywhere remotely near the town. That meant they were at least a hundred miles from anywhere they had a map for. "Let's...let's set up camp here....get some rest, get some supplies and then figure out our next move....ok?"
Neither of them could be sure how, but their cover as tourists had been blown, before they could even really understand what was happening they had been surrounded, attacked, it almost felt like the entire town had been after them. With no other option they had been forced to abandon the mission and flee blindly, leaving the town in a completely different direction to the one which they had arrived from, all of their maps completely useless.
They had been on the run for almost 48 hours now, there had been no chance for sleep, they had been lucky to get 5 minutes to stop and catch their breath. Finally though they had lost their pursuers. Taking a chance Sakura and Hinata had fled into a thick fog, one which the ones chasing them seemed to have been reluctant to enter. At this point neither kunoichi was particularly concerned with moving through the fog blindly, they had no idea where they were with or without fog after all. But finally they had emerged from it, stumbling into a clearing in the forest, a sparkling stream running through it, the trees vibrant with flowers and fruits.
"H-Hinata....you ok?" Sakura spoke as she panted for breath. Every muscle ached, her body screaming for sleep, her mind starting to lose it's sharpness now that they finally seemed to be out of danger. "I think...I think we're safe now. They didn't follow us into that fog..." She slowly looked up and around. From the geography she could make out it seemed that they were in some kind of valley. That was bad news, the broader, more general maps of the area that Sakura had studied had shown no kind of valley anywhere remotely near the town. That meant they were at least a hundred miles from anywhere they had a map for. "Let's...let's set up camp here....get some rest, get some supplies and then figure out our next move....ok?"