Troublesome Girl
Chapter One:
A contented sigh escaped from a Kohona genine, who lay on his back watching the clouds change shape and move off.
"Shikamaru!" called a shrill voice. The genine covered his ears in annoyance. "Come on you lazy pineapple head! Asuma has an important mission for us let's go!"
Not even reacting to his team mate's jest about his hairstyle – hey! It was inherited! It's not my fault! She's just jealous because I make it look good! – Shikamaru muttered quietly "How troublesome" before calling back "Okay, okay I'm coming!"
Shikamaru followed Ino to the boundaries of Kohona and into the forest. Shikamaru couldn't help but remember a horror movie that had beginnings just like this little expedition and was waiting for Ino turn around with a knife or a gun or something. Ginning amusedly to him self the duo reached a clearing in the forest and recognised the rest of the genine assembled while the jounine talked quietly off to the side.
"Hey" said Chouji, munching on a bag of corn chips as he spoke. Shikamaru and Ino greeted him back. Shikamaru looked around the clearing recognising the rest of the rookie nine plus Team Gai. He greeted them with a lazy wave.
"Hi" greeted TenTen, Lee, Kiba and Sakura. Sasuke, Shino and Neji nodded deeply. Hinata pushed her fingers together shyly and Naruto laughed and waved from his perch hanging upside down from a nearby tree. The jounine teachers whispered amongst themselves off to the side and the genine started chatting and pondering the reason behind the gathering.
When the genine had settled down and silence filled the area Asuma turned to the genine "Listen up! We're searching for a young woman who has been missing for two days. Description: slender, straight honey blonde hair hanging just past her should blades, blue eyes, porcelain complexion, dressed in a light blue shirt and a denim skirt."
Asuma then assigned areas of the woods for the teams to search. The teams began to walk away to start the search, but were called back by Asuma. "This girl is of great importance to me, do not harm her, bring her to me or call me to her. If you hurt her you'll earn yourself 500 laps around Kohona. Even though she may not look it she is a ninja, don't let your guard down she's not pushover."
He than called the boys to come closer the girls took a step back but listened curiously. Asuma looked a little flushed as he gave the boys a warning. "She is quite beautiful just… you know… ah, she'll try to…. distract you, if you know what I mean"
Even the trio of emotionless ninja raised their eyebrows at this information. Sakura and Ino huffed haughtily and dragged their teams into the wood.
Deep into the heart of the wood the team split up in different directions to cover more ground. Chouji strolled through the wood grabbing the occasional startled bird that fooled him into thinking he'd found her. Ino tramped through, making crashing sounds as she crushed branches in her wake. Shikamaru trudged around in a bored fashion, after making his way through a particularly rough patch of undergrowth he emerged out into a small glade with a lake sparkling merrily in front of him.
A flicker of blue caught his peripheral vision he could hear footsteps on the soft ground and raised his hands in a ready stance still surveying his surroundings. A girlish giggle sounded from behind the trees, he moved toward them cautiously. He heard a twig snap behind him and spun around only to drop his stance in surprise.