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"Tsunade-baa-chan! What are we waiting for? I wanna know what the mission's about! And why are there so many people? Why aren't you answering me?" Naruto whined.

Tsunade's eye twitched, but she remained composed and kept her eyes closed.

Where is that girl?

Naruto continued whining, only to receive an annoyed "Shut up!" from Kiba.

"NO! I WANNA KNOW WHAT I'M HERE FOR!" Naruto screams.

"I said shut up!" Kiba yells back.

They argued back and forth. The rest of the ninjas sighed, used to this. Only Shikamaru bothered to add his signature "Mendokse~" which was rather ironic.

Tsunade rubbed her temples. This was torture. Let the girl come now, please, she begged internally.

Speak of the devil, a girl burst through the doors, offering a casual sounding apology.
"Wari, wari. I lost track of time." She slid into the space between the wall and another ninja.

Tsunade grimaced. "Okay! Bunch of morons, listen up!" she sounded beyond irritated, immediately ceasing all noise in the room. "There's a really important mission, that's why I need all of you. It's also highly dangerous, yet I am entrusting it to you Genins and... Chunin. We are trying to rebuild our village, so there is a shortage of Chunin and Jounin. We also have a shortage of missions, hence you lot have not been doing much recently. Before I go into the details, I need to check if you all are here."

"Team Asuma! Nara Shikamaru! Akimichi Chouji! Yamanako Ino!" "Hai!" the team promptly responded. "Team Kurenai! Inuzuka Kiba! Hyuuga Hinata! Aburame Shino!" "Hai!" "Team Gai! Hyuuga Neji! Rock Lee! Tenten!" "Hai!" "Team Kakashi! Uzumaki Naruto! Haruno Sakura!" "Hai."
It was glaringly obvious their team needed one more member. Their voices were softer compared to the others'. Sadder, even.

At this point, Tsunade's voice lost quite a bit of her initial enthusiasm. Who knew taking attendance was that hard? Usually, there were only three-at most, four-but now there were twelve! How troublesome… "Team Anko… Kaida Yume." "Hai!" the girl chirped, not at all fazed by the fact she was the only one in her team. Tsunade continued, "She shall be replacing Uchiha Sasuke and become team 7's temporary member. Is that understood?"

"HAI!" the ninjas thundered.

Tsunade gave a small smirk. "Alright. Now it's time to get into the details of the mission. Make sure the doors and windows are locked. And come closer. No one must know about this."


Hello! I'm PlayerWithWords, though you might know me from DeviantArt, if you recognize the story. (^.^) Anyway, I'm in Fanfiction now, and I'd appreciate any guidance I receive. Thank you!