Kakashi entered the Hokage's office once he received word that Lady Tsunade who wanted to see him. "Kakashi why did you fail your last mission…?" she asked with an angry expression. "…We had problems with Naruto." Kakashi replied trying to carefully chose his words. "It was an A ranked mission, meaning don't fail it!" Tsunade shouted smashing her fist on the desk, splitting it in two.
The door quickly opened and someone came running in who seemed to be in a hurry. "Lady Tsunade we got word form- Gah! Not again…" Shizune said with a sweat drop seeing another desk broken. "What is it Shizune?!" Tsunade asked still angry. Shizune quickly got over the shock form another desk broken. "Right, well the land of Bears had sent us a request for an A rank mission." she replied as Kakashi sighed knowing that would be his next mission.
Tsuande smirked devilishly and announced "Since you failed your last mission Kakashi, this A rank mission would be your next." "Very well…" Kakashi said calmly as he turned around to take the mission scroll form Shizune. "Not so fast Kakashi, you're going with a team." Hokage said as he smirk only grew. She turned around and to view the village.
"Nine other ninjas aren't doing any missions. I'll send those nine with you." Tsunade said. "And who would those nine 'lucky' ninja be?" Kakashi asked slightly titling his head to one side wondering why he needed nine other people to back him up. "Sakura Haruno, Naruto Uzumaki, Ino Yamanaka, Hinata Hyuuga, Choji Akimichi, Shikamaru Nara, Neji Hyuuga, Shino Aburame, and TenTen." Hokage announced almost proudly.
After hours of gathering the other nine ninjas they all met at the village gates. "I find it strange that Lady Tsunade gathered ten ninjas just to do one mission." Neji pointed out. "I find it stranger that Kakashi is always late!" Naruto pointed out in annoyance that his former sensei was once again late. "It must be an extremely hard mission, how troublesome…" Shikamaru said with a sigh as he looked up into skies at the clouds.
Three hours past and Kakashi had finally arrived. "Sorry guys but a black ca-!" the sliver haired ninja was cut off when a fist smashed into his face sending him flying into a near by tree. "Stop it with your lame excuses!! Cha!" Sakura yelled harshly as Naruto rolled on the floor laughing. Kakashi stood up form the tree he had landed on, bewildered by Sakura's strength.
But that expression didn't last as his face was back to its monotone look. "Alright then let's get going to the Bear country. I'll explain the mission along the way." Kakashi said as he brushed off any bits of wood that mite have been cause by him breaking part of the tree by landing on it. He took out the mission scroll that was placed neatly along with his book.
"So what is the mission?" TenTen asked trying to lean over to look at it. Kakashi sweat drop and said "It's to catch bears and relocate them…" "Oh-oh can we cook them afterwards?!" Choji asked already thinking of food dish that included bear meat. "It seems the people of Bear country is having problems with the local bears and wanted them gone away quick." Kakashi said. "It can explain why they wanted upper class ninjas to deal with it." Neji said.
"It sounds like a bunch of lazy people to me." Ino said sighing. "I'm pretty sure they are at least decent people…" Hinata said quietly, but it sounded quitter than a whisper. "Huh?! Did you say something Hinata?" Naruto asked as Hinatar face grew red. "…N-no nothing!" she replied.
"It's getting dark." Shino pointed out as the others where lost complaining about the mission. "We should set up camp." Kakashi said placing his backpack down on the grass. "Yes finally I get to eat my photo chips in peace!" Choji said quickly taking out a bag. "Not so fast, you got to share first!" Ino said taking the bag always form Choji and taking a chip.
Once she was done she past to Sakura, who passed it to Kakashi, who passed it to Neji, who passed it to TenTen, who passed it to Shikamaru, who passed it to Shino, who passed it to Hinata, then Naruto, and finally it was returned to Choji.
"No fair it's already half empty!" Choji complained. "You know you should really look at it as the bag half full." Ino said with a cheeky smile. "You're the one to talk about…" Choji mocked. "What did you say…?" Ino asked putting on a scary angry face. "N-nothing!" he replied.
"Ten little Ninja boys went out to dine;
One choked his little self and then there were nine.
Nine little Ninja boys sat up very late;
One overslept himself and then there were eight.
Eight little Ninja boys traveling in Devon;
One said he'd stay there and then there were seven.
Seven little Ninja boys chopping up sticks;
One chopped himself in halves and then there were six.
Six little Ninja boys playing with a hive;
A bumblebee stung one and then there were five.
Five little Ninja boys going in for law;
One got into Chancery and then there were four.
Four little Ninja boys going out to sea;
A red herring swallowed one and then there were three.
Three little Ninja boys walking in the zoo;
A big bear hugged one and then there were two
Two little Ninja boys sitting in the sun;
One got frizzled up and then there was one.
One little Ninja boy left all alone;
He went out and hanged himself and then there were none."
Kakashi recited the nursery poem which was at the very bottom of the mission scroll. Everyone stopped to listen to it. "Why would they put that in the missions scroll…?" Sakura asked almost creped out by it. Emotions ran high as they all heard choking.
It seemed Choji ate his chips to fast, his face was turning blue. His eyes rolled back as he choked his last choke. He fell back onto the ground, everything went quite, a deadly silence fell over them…
Disclaimer: I'll only state this once since I find it useless to repeat it in every chapter. I do not own any part of Naruto, it's all owned by Masashi Kishimoto. Nor I do own the nursery poem 'Ten Little Indians' the only thing that I replaced was the Indians. I replaced it with Ninjas since it matches where this story is taking place.
Writer's Notes: This is my first mystery story! It is inspired by Agatha Christie's book 'And Then There Where None' which I was forced to read because it was required for us to read it in our English class. Pardon me if there is any grammar or spelling errors, English in the past for me is was rather hard to learn. Please review, it makes me feel happy that someone takes there time to comment my story. Thank you!